Police Minister Nathi Nhleko and acting national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane are unhappy that disagreements among the leaders of police agencies are playing out in full view of the country. Briefing reporters in Pretoria on the South African Police Service’s (SAP’s) festive season operation, the two said matters between the minister, the acting commissioner, Ipid head Robert McBride and Hawks head Berning Ntlemeza were being made worse as they played out in the media. This follows a rough year of unprecedented infighting between the heads of police agencies, with Nhleko going as far as writing to Parliament to say his relationship with McBride had broken down to the point that he could not see himself working with the police watchdog head. In December Ipid said McBride would not give the Hawks the warning statement they had sought as part of an investigation of defeating the ends of justice.
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